Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye decreased 10.4% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 888,506 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,771 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,143 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 906,054 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a fall of 10% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.4% of total generation, while natural gas and hydropower plants contributed 20.2% and 14.1%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 18,004 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 455 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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